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I've been really busy and stressed with work and school that I've been slacking in the blog department. All of this was inspiration for an entry...


Between meetings, assignments, errands and reminders... a lot happens in your life on a daily basis that you're expected to remember. But if you're like me, there is so much going on so quickly that there is no way you can keep it all straight! But there is one thing that can keep it all together--you phone!

Your phone can be your best friend in times where your life gets almost too hectic to handle through its apps!

There are millions of apps out there that claim to help you organize, simplify and declutter your life but some end up creating more work for you and therefor eating up more of your limited and valuable time.


Here are 5 of my favorite mobile apps that I use to make my life more manageable:

5. Orchestra - There are so many "to do" apps out there today and, frankly, most are junk. Orchestra is great because excellent flexibility, accurate voice recognition, and handy collaborative features.

4. CardManager - Are you hanging on to more business cards than you can handle? Or is your personal phone's contact list filled with professional contacts and making it hard for you to find your loved ones? CardManager is a great app to digitalize your business cards. It allows you to quickly call, email, and find directions using your mobile phone to each contact in the card manager.

3. Mint - Mint is a free finance app that directly links with your banking accounts and credit cards. It keeps track of everything purchase you make and assigns it to a category so you know just how much you spend on "fast food" a month. You can even set monthly budgets for each individual category so you don't over-spend on "beauty products" every month. Mint was also named Best Finance App by the 1st Annual App Awards and TIME Magazine's 50 Best iPhone Apps of 2011.

2. Dropbox - Dropbox is a free service (free with 2gb of storage, paid account for 100gb) that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily by storing them in a cloud environment. You'll never have to email yourself a file again! Dropbox is a universal app, working with Mac, Windows, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android and Blackberry, so files you create at home on the computer can be called up anywhere you've installed Dropbox--or vice versa.

1. Evernote - I brag about Evernote to someone at least once a day (Evernote, you should be paying me for endoresements). Evernote is the greatest note taking application that I have ever tried. Basically if you can see it or hear it Evernote can store it! You can tag notes by subject or create folders to hold all your notes. The best part is that Evernote data is stored in a cloud so you can access your notes on your phone, tablet, or computer... basically anywhere!

Is there something I missed? What app can you not live without?